Posted by cassiewi on 10/24/06 10:29am
Msg #154696

OT-Christmas Bird

Since the board is running slow today, I thought this would be funny.

Bird_for_Cmas_Dinner_Email.wmv

I hope it works. If not, sorry about that

Reply by Charm_AL on 10/24/06 10:45am
Msg #154700

I got that last week from the outlaws! It was cute! I raised two parrots, one an African grey, the other was a yellow nape Amazon. Kyle the Amazon used to drive me nuts. He would 'ring' the phone, I'd come to the kitchen, nothing. Then the creep would giggle after I hung up! I finally learned the difference and ignored it and then he would say Hello! and carry on a one sided converstaion. The grey would mimic him and all the noises around the house, including the microwave. Many times I thought who the heck is micro'ing when I'm the only one here. They drove me nuts but were great entertainment.

Reply by cassiewi on 10/24/06 10:52am
Msg #154702

That's funny! I'd love to see something like that, hilarious. Did the link work, or did you have copy and paste? I think that's what you have to do.

Reply by Charm_AL on 10/24/06 10:55am
Msg #154704

no, the link didn't work. I don't know how to send a media file to the borad. Otherwise, I could share some really funny stuff.

Reply by cassiewi on 10/24/06 10:57am
Msg #154706

I copied it into my browser, pressed enter and it popped up. Hopefully that will work.

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 10/24/06 10:55am
Msg #154705

I have an African Sengal Parrot. She's about 8 months old and is BRIGHT green in color with a little yellow and orange on her belly. She hasn't learned any "words" yet, but it didn't take long for her to copy the way that I call the dogs (by four short whistles). So now, every hour or so, she "calls the dogs"

It cracks me up to see the dogs running around the house trying to figure out who is calling them.

I just put her cage near my computer that has a .wav file. The file is of my voice saying the birds name. It's set to play the name every 30 seconds. Hopefully after a day or two of this, I will either drive the bird crazy or teach her how to say her name.

Reply by Charm_AL on 10/24/06 10:58am
Msg #154707

that's a good idea JB, I used to play Beatles songs and the grey was great at singing! Unfortunately, he had a heart attack during a football party we were hosting. I'm looking for a sun conure, they are too colorfully cute.

Reply by Charm_AL on 10/24/06 11:02am
Msg #154708

my fav parrot joke...

So there's this fellow with a parrot. And this parrot swears like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy.
One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "Quit it!" But this just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever.

Then the guy gets mad and says, "OK for you," and locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet.

This really aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of invective that would make a veteran sailor blush.

At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer.

For the first few seconds there is a terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly gets very quiet.

At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried that he opens up the freezer door.

The bird calmly climbs onto the man's out-stretched arm and says, "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on."

The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has come over the parrot.

Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?"

Reply by cassiewi on 10/24/06 11:09am
Msg #154710

LMAO Here's mine

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables, and when he picked up a CD player to place in his pack, a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is watching you."

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight out, and froze. When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head, promised himself a vacation after the next big score, then clicked the light on and began searching for more valuables. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard,

"Jesus is watching you." Freaked out, he shone his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice. Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot. "Did you say that?", he hissed at the parrot.

"Yep," the parrot confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."

The burglar relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?"

"Moses," replied the bird.

"Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a birdMoses?"

"The kind of people that would name a Rottweiller Jesus."

Reply by ThaliaRay_FL on 10/24/06 1:50pm
Msg #154722

I have a Senegal Parrot also 16 yrs old now, but he is still fiesty as he was when I got him.
The silver on the head gets brighter and more wide spread with age.
I also have a Blue and Gold Macaw that is his buddy.
Neither are cage lovers but have a room to themselves. LOL no one ventures in there.
My macaw will call the dog and then hitch a ride on his back to the livingroom, it is funny to see.
Cute idea JB but don't sit him near the tv LOL mine learned how to do the commercials so after hearing away go your troubles down the drain rotorooter a million times I moved them to the spare room that they share now.

Reply by Charm_AL on 10/24/06 2:54pm
Msg #154735

LOL TR...

thankfully, mine did not swear. When I was a kid my neighbors had a
Mina bird (sp?) had a real nasty vocabulary. You'd walk past his cage and he'd say "What's up idiot?". I thought it was funny, but my parents stopped letting me go over there when they met this creature. Shakespeare he was not!

Reply by Stamper_WI on 10/24/06 6:14pm
Msg #154758

Re: LOL TR...

I shared an office as a realtor with an African for many years. Definately had a mean streak! Clients would come in and say "Is that Binky?" People in their 30's and 40's had stories about that bird from when they were in High school. Usually that Binky bit them. Binky would only say "hello" occaisionally when the phone rang. But had this screech every time a paper came through the copy machine. We firgured she was 35-36 yrs old when she died. The Vet said we gave her to many french fries.